HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/29/18

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/29/18

Each week on HardRockDaddy.com. The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions. It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general. The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 12/29/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART

CHART

ARTIST

SONG TITLE

RADIO

POSITION

POSITION

SPINS

THIS WEEK

LAST WEEK

1

1

GODSMACK

“When Legends Rise”

1920

2

3

THE GLORIOUS SONS

“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”

1682

3

2

BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)

“Hear Me Now”

1663

4

5

GHOST

“Dance Macabre”

1498

5

4

SHINEDOWN

“GET UP”

1489

6

6

PAPA ROACH

“Who Do You Trust?”

1467

7

7

BRING ME THE HORIZON

“MANTRA”

1257

8

8

DISTURBED

“Are You Ready?”

1205

9

9

BEARTOOTH

“Disease”

1127

10

10

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

“When The Seasons Change”

1089

11

11

RIVAL SONS

“Do Your Worst”

891

12

13

FROM ASHES TO NEW

“Broken”

792

13

12

HALESTORM

“Do Not Disturb”

785

14

14

THREE DAYS GRACE

“Right Left Wrong”

768

15

18

GRETA VAN FLEET

“You’re The One”

677

16

16

SLIPKNOT

“All Out Life”

655

17

17

POP EVIL

“Be Legendary”

645

18

19

METALLICA

“Halo on Fire”

622

19

15

AVENGED SEVENFOLD

“Mad Hatter”

542

20

23

ATREYU

“The Time Is Now”

503

21

20

FEVER 333

“Made An America”

498

22

22

MUSE

“Pressure”

466

23

21

UNDEROATH

“ihateit”

452

24

24

NOTHING MORE

“Let Em Burn”

431

25

29

BADFLOWER

“Heroin (2018)”

338

26

27

A PERFECT CIRCLE

“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”

338

27

26

THE BLUE STONES

“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”

332

28

25

IMAGINE DRAGONS

“Natural”

324

29

28

P.O.D.

“Listening for The Silence”

294

30

30

DIAMANTE

“Haunted”

277

31

31

CHEVELLE

“Sleep Walking Elite”

253

32

36

SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY

“Driving Rain”

213

33

35

ROYAL TUSK

“Aftermath”

198

34

37

MEMPHIS MAY FIRE

“The Old Me”

182

35

33

THE DIRTY NIL

“That’s What Heaven Feels Like”

180

36

39

PALAYE ROYALE

“You’ll Be Fine”

173

37

34

HYRO THE HERO

“Bullet”

171

38

38

BLACK MOODS

“Bella Donna”

170

39

40

DOROTHY

“Who Do You Love”

161

40

41

TWENTY ONE PILOTS

“My Blood”

154

41

32

JONATHAN DAVIS

“Basic Needs”

148

42

43

LIKE A STORM

“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”

135

43

42

DOSE

“Vervain”

134

44

44

TWENTY ONE PILOTS

“Jumpsuit”

128

45

45

ICE NINE KILLS

“A Grave Mistake”

113

46

49

ROYAL BLISS

“Hard And Loud”

102

47

50

BREAKING BENJAMIN

“Tourniquet”

92

48

48

SMALL TOWN TITANS

“You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”

92

49

47

BASEMENT

“Disconnect”

90

50

51

SUNFLOWER DEAD

Victim

86

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)

POP EVIL – “Be Legendary”

Pop Evil is a band that is continuously experimenting with their sound, never falling into the trap of taking a formulaic approach to get radio airplay. To their credit, they continue to be an Active Rock staple regardless of the direction that their sound takes. “Be Legendary” is an uplifting song that makes you want to be your best self. It’s not quite motivational speaking, but it is the rock and roll equivalent of it. In today’s times, being legendary for any band is a monolithic challenge. At the very least, Pop Evil is always interesting and willing to take chances that others shy away from.

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted, Godsmack ends 2018 on top of the charts. Given the slowdown during the holidays, it’s hard to predict what the trend will be going into the new year, but it looks like Godsmack will start the year in the #1 slot. They cushioned their lead over The Glorious Sons this week, giving them a virtual lock on the top spot next week (even if they begin to drop). It still looks like The Glorious Sons are positioned to be the first new #1 in 2019, but if they stall at #2, Godsmack should have an extended run at #1. There are no other real threats anywhere close at the moment.

HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)

Each week, we will share the songs that we think should be added to rotations, alongside the songs that we feel should be dropped from rotations, either because they are a bad fit for the format, or because they have run their course and it’s time for a new single from the artist.

SPIN IT…

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Safety Of Disbelief”

SHVPES – “Afterlife”

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

JOHN GARCIA AND THE BAND OF GOLD – “My Everything”

DEVOUR THE DAY – “Faithless”

IN FLAMES – “(This Is Our) House”

SHIM – “Crucified”

AFTERLIFE – “Throat”

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “Jumpsuit”

Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”

Imagine Dragons – “Natural”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

Basement – “Disconnect”

Muse – “Pressure”

Fever 333 – “Made An America”

Black Moods – “Bella Donna”

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

The Top 10 songs are the same for a third straight week, only a single change in the tier for the past month…

Atreyu climbs three spots to crack into the Top 20…

The composition of the Top 30 songs are unchanged this week…

The decline of a song above them gives Twenty One Pilots a Top 40 song despite essentially flat airplay…

The only new entry in the Top 50 this week isn’t really “new.” Sunflower Dead returns to the published chart thanks to a more than 20% increase in spins.

It was a slow week at rock radio (even for the holidays). If we’re being honest about it, the past month has been slow. Hopefully, after such a prolonged hibernation, there will be enough stations that actually want to shake things up to generate some movement next week. Although, with the way the holidays fell on the calendar, it may be another week before we see real change.

Thanks!

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